Optoelectronic and optical device characteristics for VCSEL-based optoelectronic neural networks

Author

Waddie, Andrew J. ; Randle, Yves T. ; Taghizadeh, Mohammad R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

720

Abstract

We describe the design, construction and successful operation of a 64-neuron optoelectronic Hopfield-type neural network, based around an 8*8 VCSEL array and diffractive free-space optical interconnection. This network is designed to produce near-optimal solutions to a variety of optimisation problems associated with different types of telecommunications switch.

Keywords

Hopfield neural nets; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical neural nets; optimisation; semiconductor laser arrays; surface emitting lasers; telecommunication switching; 64-neuron optoelectronic Hopfield-type neural network; VCSEL array; VCSEL-based optoelectronic neural networks; diffractive free-space optical interconnection; optical device characteristics; optimisation problems; telecommunications switch; Design optimization; Hopfield neural networks; Neural networks; Optical arrays; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical interconnections; Telecommunication switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159509

Filename

1159509